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chrome dome

A person who is completely bald, or that person's head. I actually started losing my hair in my late twenties, and I've been a chrome dome ever since! Some women don't care for bald men, but I love my husband's chrome dome.

See also: chrome, dome

chrome-dome

n. a shiny, bald head; a man with a bald head. (Also a rude term of address.) The guy with the chrome-dome suddenly grasped his chest and made a face.

dome

n. the head, especially if bald. I need a new hat for my shiny dome.

domed

mod. hit on the head. (see also dome.) I domed him accidentally with the ladder.

See also: dome

dome-doctor

n. a psychologist or psychiatrist. The dome-doctor lets me talk while he keeps score.

double-dome

1. n. an intellectual. It’s not that what the double-domes say is wrong, it’s that they are so sure that they are right that scares me.

2. mod. intellectual. Most kids need to be exposed to double-dome profs at college for a while.

marble dome

n. a stupid person. (Someone who has marble where brains should be.) The guy’s a marble dome. He has no knowledge of what’s going on around him.

See also: dome, marble